The Occurrence - Category: Concerts

Photo by Williams & Hirakawa The dream of the '90s was alive in Downtown Los Angeles on November 2. On that fateful night, one of the venues dubbed Nokia was housing R&B's salacious sensation R. Kelly;...

Photo courtesy Shiny Toy Guns' Facebook page "Do you really not see me when I come home late at night?" Carah Faye Charnow purred while performing her mammoth single "Waiting Alone." Truth be told, it...

"Solo guitar music and insanity: two of my favorite things," Kaki King proclaimed, smiling, as she deftly combined these elements at El Rey on Oct. 22. And she is a mad genius of the six-string...

If you're longing for the days when Mumford & Sons would play tiny clubs, and the sweat of the atmosphere felt like a dusty, down-home rodeo, why not give Horse Feathers a try? Their...

The family tree of Los Angeles rock took root Saturday at the Roxy Theatre. One band begat another, and some of the musicians were like the agile gardeners of the Sunset Strip. Six degrees...

The Drowning Men perform at the Satellite in Silver Lake on August 29th. Photos by Raphael Patricio. A stellar trio of bands lit up the Satellite on August 29, each bringing their own memorable brand...

Let's get this out of the way right off the bat: Fun. are incredibly fun in concert. There's something a little morose and deliciously bratty about the trio's breakout album Some Nights (Fueled by...

Modern-day attention spans don't have the patience to wait four years for a once-hot band to release a followup album to their breakthrough. Case in point: Phoenix. These indie-dance upstarts from France conquered the...